diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index eb89bc5..7d3de77 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <html lang="en-au">
 <head>
 <title>My first web page</title>
-<meta charset="UTF-16">
+<meta charset="UTF-8">
 
 </head>
 <body>
